Machine for wrapping sweetmeats or other articles.



-RGROVBR. MAGHINE'I'OR WRAPPING SWEBTMEATS OB. OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1911.

Patented July 11 4 SHEETS-"SHEET l.

' F. GRQVER; MACHINE IOR WRAPPING SWBETMEATS OR OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1911.l

997:66?. Patented Ju1y 11,'1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F. GROVBR. MACHINE FOR WRAPPING SWBETMBATS 0B. OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAB. 2.7, 1911.

Patented July 11 4 SHEETS-SHEET s.

E'. GRVER.

MACHINE POE WRAPPING SWEETMEATS OR OTHER ARTICLES. APPLICATION LED MR27, 1911.

99?,67 Patented July 11,1911.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4A FREDERICK GROVER, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOE TO THEFORGROVE MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITEE, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR-WRAPPING- SWEETMEATS 01's"- OTI-IER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Application filed March 27, 1911. Serial No. 617,034.

. ful-Improved Machine for Wrapping Sweetrol meats or other Articles,and of which the following is a specification.

The present invention refers to a machine for wrapping sweetmeats andother articles, of that kind in which the leading end of the .wrapper isformed into tubular formation,

the sweetmeat inserted therein, the portion of the wrapper surroundingthesweetmeat and the sweetmeat itself held by a rotative carrierthrough-which the tubular wrapper passes, while the paper tubularwrapper at a distance from each end of the sweetmeat is gripped bystationary grippers, whereby upon the carrier being-rotated the `wrapperbecomes twisted at each end of the said sweetmeat, and the wrapper thencut 'at the twisted part. In such known machines, in order to enable therotative carrier when revolving to hold the port-ion of the tubularwrapper surrounding the sweetmeat, and the `sweet-meat also, the tubularpart of the wrapper has been passed through a flattened tube carriedinthe ring-shaped rotative carrier, the opposite walls .of which tubeare at a distance apart to exactly it the sweetmeat and intended therebyto hold the latter and the surrounding part of the wrapper tube duringthe rotative action, while at the same timefthe wrapper tube at adistance from either endof the sweetmeatwas to be gripped by lstationarygrippers, so that the wrapper tube became twisted at either end of thesweetmeat and the latter so incloscd. Such a known device presentsdisadvantages in operation, in that the sweetmeat to be wrapped mustfirst of all be of an exact size to tit between the walls .of theAiattened tube, and even then the sweetmeat must also be ofsuch a shapethat it will not turn within the flattened tube. Now according to thepresent invention this disadvantage is entirely obviated, by providingthe ringshaped carrier with jaws pivoted thereto, the gripping' mouth ofthe jaws being concentric with the carrier and being made withscissors-like or cross tails extending beyond the periphery of thering-shaped carrier, such jaws being held lclosed by spring action togrip the tube and its contained sweetmeat and being opened by mechanicalmeans. With such an apparatus it will be clear that when the jaws areopened by mechanical means, the sweetmeat can be slid into the.

wrapper tube which 'passes through the open jaws of. the carrier, andupon the jaws belng closed they will grip the wrapper and the sweetmeat`within same,l whatever may `be the precise shape or size, withinreasonable limits, of the said sweetmeat. Since, however, the jaws mustbe opened by mechanism which doesnot rotate with the carrier, it will beobvious that the tails of the gripping jaws must at each stoppage of therotative motionl of the carrier be in one and the sameparticular angularposition so as to be opposite the opening device, and moreover, since inthe wrapping operation it is desired 'that the rotative carrier shallrevol-ve in one` direction fort-he twisting of the tails of one package,and shall revolve in the opposite direction for the twisting ofk thetails of the next package, and so on, mechanism must be provided whichwill accomplish this result, and accordingly in carrying out the presentinvention the rotative carrier is made in two parts, fixed together andclamping between them a sprocket toot-hed ring to receive an endlesschain for communicating the rotary motion,

while at the same time one gripping jaw ispivoted to one member of therotative carrier and the other gripping jaw to the opposite member, sothat the chainand sprocketringmay-pass between them. The chain (which4is endless) .passes over an idle sprocket wheel ,and is connected tothe end of a cam-operated lever arm by which first the chain is moved ameasured distance in one direction, and at the next operation the samemeasured distancelin the return direction, consequently operating therotative carrier through the same angular distance at rone operation inone direction as it does in the other direction. Thus thetail ends ofthe gripping jaws are always brought to rest in the saine angularposition and opposite to the operative mechanism by which those jawsare-opened at the proper times.

In knownmachines of thekind to which this inventio-n relates, theleading end of the wrapper strip is brought into tubular form by.passing the strip through a space between the surfaces of adjacentstationary plates, which are gradually curved so that at the exit endthe Strip is brought into tubular form, and then to introduce thesweetmeat it is dropped on to one of the 'curved plates, and then pushedby a plunger -along such a plate until it is brought into the wrappertube in the proper position. Now the disadvantage which is incident tothe known machines referred to, is thatthe sweetmeats dealt with arefrequently of an adhesive nature, and consequently are liable to stickto the end of the plunger by which they yare forced into the wrappertube, and

plunger.

therefore are liable to be drawn out again upon the retrograde movementof the this inventioirwitlr positively act-ing 'grippers in the rotativecarrier, 1s greatly lessened, because the grippers exert a positivepressure upon the sweetmeat which is genorally greater than the tenacityof the adhesive sweetmeat to the plunger, but in the known machineswherein the sweetmeats are .dropped as aforesaid one after the other onto one and the same plate beneath which the lpaper strip is passing, itwill be understood that the surface of that plate is liable to becomethickly coated with adhesive matter which collects thereon from thesuccession of sweetmeats which have been passed over it; a sweetmeatpassingcver such a coated surface collects adhesive matter as well asitself being adhesive to some extent, and

therefore is liable to adhere to the end of the plunger with someconsiderable force and so might possibly be drawn back upon tion of thewrapper and the next sweetmeat the retreat of the plunger instead ofbeing left between the gripping jaws. To o-bviate entirely any suchdifficulties and disadvan-l tages, the present invention provides thatthe sweetmeat shall be dropped, in the first place, directly uponthesurface of the wrapper and not pass one after the other over t-he sameplate, and when thus carried 4out as hereafter explained by thisinvent-ion, each sweetmeat is only moved along a' poralong anotherportion of the wrapper, and

so on, so that no collection of adhesive matter takes place to add tothe adhesiveness of any kind of sweetmeat. To attain this technicaleffect, the wrapper Astrip first passes through a slot of J shape in astationary.

plate and so brought into a channel section, and when so formed has anunder-support consisting of av lstationary channel-shaped bed. It iswhen ysosupported and of such Of course any chance of such -withdrawalwith a machine accordlng to and along the tubular part of the wrapper toposition within the field of action of the gripping jaws carried by therotative carrier. rl`he saidjaws then close on the sweetmeat, hold itfirmly, and the plunger retires leaving the sweetmeatwith certainty inthe grip of the said jaws. The wrapper is drawn through the machine bymeans of gripping delivery fingers at the delivery end hereafterdescribed.

An'exam )le of construction 0f the machine according to the presentinvention is shown on the accompanying drawings whereon Figure l is asectional front elevation and Fig. 2 an end elevation, looking from theleft of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a plan view showing a suitable feedmechanism for delivering sweetmeats to the machine. Fig. 4 is asectional front elevation, and Figs. 5 and 6 sectional end elevations ofthe wrapping mechanism, the latter two figures being ,taken on the linesA, A and B, B of Fig. 4 looking from the right hand side of the latterfigure. Figs. v7 and 8 are views showing two guide plates. Fig. 9 is aview of the end of the wrapper tube with a sweetmeat in position, andFig. l0 shows the wrapped article.

The framework l of the machine carries a motion shaft 2 driven by beltpulleys 3, and on the framework there are two brackets 4, which carrybetween them the rotative carrier 5 composed of two parts fixedtogether, (Fig. 4), and gripping between thema sprocket wheel 6 engagingan endless chain 7 (Fig. 6) passing over an idle sprocket wheel 8 (Fig.l); links 9 (Fig. 1),on the end of a lever 10, pivoted on a spindle. 11,are fixed to one length of the chain 7 (Fig. l), and the lever 10carries a bowl 12 contacting with a cam 13 loose on the main shaft '2and driven by spur gearing 14.at half the speed of the main shaft 2.VThe gripping jaws 44 (Fig. 6) which are carried by the rotativecarrier5,`are pivoted respectively to opposite side parts of the saidcarrier at 44", and each jaw 44 is acted upon by a spring 45 tending tokeep the mouth of the jaws closed, 'which' mouth is concentric with thesaid carrier 5. The -jaws 44 thus pass upon opposite sides of. the chain7 'and its sprocket wheel, and the tail-ends of the jaws are crossed,and the 'extent of rotative mot-ion in either direction given to therotative carrier 5 by means of the chain 7 before described, issuch-that at the termil,

nation of a motion in either direction, the

crossed ends of the jaws 44 always stand -vertically inthe positionshown at Fig. 6, and as will be observed the tail ends stand up beyondthe rotative carrier, 5. In order to open the jaws 44 against the actionof the being carried by a lever 48 (Fig. 6) fulcrumed at 49, a cam 51 ona rotative shaft 25 hereafter mentioned acting on a bowl 50 -at the endof the lever 48, so as to rock the lever and cause the rollerl 47 toopen the jaws 44 when required and permit the said ja'wsfto close atproper times.

Carried from the framework 1v of the machine is a reel x from whichastrip of paper passes beneath a spring clip 16, and then eX- tendsforward to within the rotative carrier 5, although not so shown in thedrawings, since the illustration of the paperl passing through samewould confuse the drawings. During its passage fram the CHP 16 Fig. 1,the'paper passes first through a J- `-\s\hapedaperture 17 (Fig. 7) in aplate 17X (Fig. 1) by which the paper isformed into Va channel shape,and then the'paper passes overa stationary curved trough 27 (Fig. 1) bywhich it is supported, andthen through a circular aperture 18 (Fig. 8)in a station- Aary vertical plate 18"'A (Fig. 1),bywhich the paper isformed into a tube and so the paper passes in tubular form through thejaws 44 of the rotative carrier to be gripped 'at the proper times bygripping lingers 28 atthe delivery end of the machine (Fig. 1). Duringthe passage of the strip 15 over the trough 27, thatis when the strip isof J-Shaped section, the sweetmeat to be wrapped is dropped on to thesaid strip 15 of wrapping material by means of an automatic feed device.An example of a suitable feed d-evice is shown at Figs. 1 and 3; it

consists of a stationary table '19 over which turns the wheel 20 mountedon a vertical shaft 21, which is driven from the main shaft 2 (Fig. 1)by bevel gearing 22 (Fig. 2), vertical shaft 23, bevel gearing 24, crossshaft 25, and worm gearing 26 (Fig. 3), so

that sweetmeats placed inthe trough-shaped projectionsmof the lfeedwheel 20 are carried around on the 'stationary table 19,),and aredropped one by one on t0 the wrapper strip 15 inthe stationary trough 27-as they are forced by the wheel 20 over the edge formed by the cutawaypart of the table 19. The shaft above referred to carries also the cam51 previously mentioned, lfor optaating the opening device of thegrippers kof the carrier 5. rl`he -wrapper strip 15 after being passedthrough the rotative carrier, is drawnforward the requisite distance bya pair of intermittently operated gripping fingers 28, (Figs. 1 and 4).The upper finger 28 is pivoted at 28X to ,an arm 29, which' latter isitself pivoted at? 29X to the framework, said pivot 28X being fixed inaddition, to the end of an arm 30, while the lower finger 28 is pivotedat 28Y (Fig. 4) to the arm 29 and meshed with the upper finger 28 bysegmental ge'aring731. The two arms 29, 30 are respectively connected,by `con- .)necting rods32, 33, to bell crank levers 34,

pivoted at 11 to the framework, said levers 34, having bowls 36, 36x incontact with cams 37 38 situated on the main shaft 2, by the operationof which the fingers 28 'areA caused to take hold of the paper tube 15and draw forward a suitable length. y

)Vhen a sweetmeat is dropped on to the wrapper strip 15 upon the. trough27 (Fig. 1), it is pushed forward by. a plunger 39 which is free to passthrough a hole 17y in the plate'lX (Fig. 7), and the plunger is shown atFigs. 1 and 4, and it forces the sweetmeat between the jaws 44 (Fig. 4)within the paper tube. The plunger 39 is carried in bearings 40,connected by klink 41 to bell 'crank lever 42 pivoted at '11"'fto theframework, said lever having a bowl operated by a cam'43 on the mainshaft 2, :whereby the plunger-39 receives its reciprocative motionsatproper times.

In order to grip the paper tube 15 at eachk end of the rotative carrier5 during the twisting action upon the wrapper effected by the Vrotarymotion of the said carrier 5, a pair of gripping levers 53 is providedon each side of the ysaid rotative carrier Each pair of gripping leversis held in its closed position upon the wrapper tube 15 by springs 54,and the said levers'53 are Xed upon rockshafts 52 (Figs. 5 and 6).rlhese rockshafts are carried by extensions of the brackets 4 which alsoform the bearings for the rotative carrier 5, and the shafts 52 (Fig. G)are connected together by segmental gearing so that by partiallyrotating one of the shafts 52, both sets of gripping levers 53 areopened against the action of the springs This is effected by an arm 55(Fig. (i)

having a'bowl 5G contact-ing with a cam 57 on shaft 25. On the outerends of the rockshafts 52 there is fixed the two members of scissorblades 58 (Figs. 4 and 5). which conj 15 between the now open jaws 44(Fig. (i).

of the rotative carrier 5 into the position in fact which is shown at 46(Fig. (i). 'The gripper jaws 44 (Fig. G) of the rotative carrier 5 areimmediately released by the roller 47 and closed upon ,the 4wrapper tube15 around the sweetmcat andV hold both lfirmly. even though the size andshape of the sweetmeat are'not precisely the same as the size andshape'of the nent sweetineat to be treated.

Sinultaneouelg the gripping levers 53 upon both sides of the rotativecarrier are caused to close uponitlie wrapper tube 15, while alsosimultaneously the scissor blades are opverated and sever theprecedingwrapped positive manner by the action of the chain in theposition shown at Fig. 6. The gripping jaws L1 are then opened by theroller 47, and the fingers 28 .advance and seize the end of the wrapperand draw out one step through the machine, bringing out the 'wrappedsweetmeat inclosed in its twisted4 wrapper. The operations are thenrepeated, excepting that on the next occasion the rotative carrier 5 isrevolved from vthe position, Fig. 6, ,in the reverse direction to thatin which it was previously revolved, and s0 on. Fig.'9 shows the end ofthe wrapper tube 15 which has just been cut oi on the left hand side bythe scissor blades 58, and Fig. 10 shows the completely wrapped article.i

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Patent is l. In amachine of the type specified for inclosing sweetmeats or lotherarticles in `wrappers; the combination with withdrawal lingers at thedelivery end of machine, and means foi` operating same to intermittentlypull the wrapper strip through said machine, means for forming thewrapper strip firstly into gutter section and finally into tubular form,a rotative annular carrier through and into which said tubular-formedwrapper is drawn, and means for inserting said sweetmeat to be wrappedinto said tubular wrapper withinsaid annular carrier;` ofa pair ofpivoted gripping jaws carriedby said carrier with the gripping ends 'ofsaid jaws located concentrically of said annular carrier and adapted togrip said tubular wrapper and sweetmeat located therein, means forintermittently rotating said cari'ier carrying said gripping jaws,

vsprings to lmaintain said pivoted jaws normally closed, means foropening said jaws ot said carrier during the interval between eachrotation of saine, means for gripping said tubular wrapper and holdingsame stationary at both ends of said rotative carrier dur-j ing therotation of the latter to eliiect the ing the wrapper of theforwardwrapped sweetmeat from the wrapper of the next sweetmeatsimultaneouslywith the gripping of said tubular wrapper at opposite endsof said rotativecarrier. Y

2. In a machine of the type specified lfor inclosing sweetni'eatsfvorm'therw"articles in wrappers the combinationwith' withdrawal -fingersat the delivery endof machine, aiid means for operating same tovintermittently chine, means for forming the-.Wrapper strip firstly intogutter section and nally into tubular form, a rotative annular carrierthrough and into which said tubular-formed wrapper is drawn, and meansfor inserting saidsweetineat to be wrapped into said tubular'wrapperwithin said annular carrier; of a pair of pivotedl gripping jaws carriedby said carrier with the ripping ends of said jaws locatedconcentrically of said annular carrier and adapted to grip said tubularwrapper and sweetmeat located therein, means for intermittently rotatingsaid carrier carrying said gripping jaws, springs `to maintain saidpivoted jaws of said carrier normally closed, crossed tailends to saidgripping jaws extending beyond. the periphery of said rotative carrier,a pivoted two-armed "lever carried from the framework of the machine, aroller on one arm of said lever located above said crossed tails of saidpivoted jaws carried by' said rotative carrier when the latter isstationary, a driven shaft, a cam on said shaft to act on the other armof said lever to cause crossed tails of said pivoted jaws to open meat,nmeans for grippin' said f tubular o, wrapper at both ends of sairotative carrier during the rotation of the/ latter, and means fordividing the wrapper of the forward wrappedsweetmeat from the wrapper ofthe next sweetmeat simultaneously with the site ends of said rotativecarrier.

3. In a machine of the type specied for inclosing sweetmeats or otherarticles in wrappers; the combination with withdrawal lingers at thedelivery end of machine, and means for operating saine to in--terinittently pulltlie wrapper strip through said machine, means forforming the wrapper strip firstly into gutter section and finally intotubular form, a rotative annular lar-,formed ivrapper is drawn by lsaidwithsweetmeat to be wrapped into said tubular wrapper within saidannular carrier; ofy a pair of pivoted gripping-jaws carriedV by saidcarrier with the gripping ends of said jaws located concentricallyv ofsaid annular carrier and adapted to grip said tubular wrapper andsweetmeat located therein,

one time in one direction fortwisting the wrapper at the ends'o'f onesweetmeat held pull the wrapper strip through said ma-v said roller onsaid lever to contact with said same to release said'wrapper tube andsweetf gripping of said tubular wrapper at oppocarrier through and intowhich saidjtubu-v drawal fingers, and means 'for inserting said ,by saidgripping jawsof said rotative car rier and att the next time rotatingsaid earl 'means for rotating said'rotative carrier at iso rier` in theopposite direction to twist 'the wrapper at the ends of the lnextsucceeding sweetmeat, springs to maintain said pivoted nekt-H sweetnieatsimultaneously' with the "gripping of said tubular wrapper atopposite'ends of said rotative carrier. c

' 4'. 'In a .machine of the type specified for inclosing sweetmeats orother articles in Wrappers; the combination with withdrawal fingers atthe delivery -end of machine, means for operating same tointermittentlyy .pull the wrapper strip through said niachine, ineansfor forming the wrapper sti'ip firstly into gutter section and finallyiiito `tubular form, an annular carrier throughl which thetubular-formed wrapper passes, comprisingtu-*o ring members, a sprockettoothed `ring located between said two ring members of said carrier, andmeans for yholding the ring members and the sprocket toothed ringcomposing said carrier together, bearing brackets for supporting saidcarrierand permitting of its rotation, and meansfor inserting thesweetmeat to be wrapped into such: tubular wrapper within said annularcarrieryfa pair of. gripping jaws carried by said carrier, a pivot onone ring member of said carrier to carry one jaw and a pivot on theopposite ring member of said carrier to carry the opposite jaw, thegripping ends of said jaws being located concentrically of said annularcarrier, crossed tail ends to said jaws extending beyond the peripheryof said rotative carrier and upon each side of said sprocket toothedring of said carrier, an endless chain passing over and engaging saidsprocket ring of said carrier, an idle pulley on the framework ofmachine over which said endless chain passes, and means for traversingsaid lchain first in one direction and then in the other through aregulated distance to rotate said rotative carrier first in onedirectioiik and than in the other, springs to maintain said pivoted jawsof said carrier normally closed, means fory opening said jaws of saidcarrier during the interval between each rotation of same, means forgripping said tubular wrapper and holding same stationary atboth ends ofsaid rotative carrier during` rotation of the latter, and means fordividing `the wrapper of the forward wrapped sweetmeat from the wrap-vper `of the'nextsucceeding sweetmeat.

5. In affinachine ,of the type specified. for inclosing sweetmeats orother articles in wrappers: the combination with withdrawal iingers atIthe delivery end of the machine, and means for operatingsametointermittently pull the wrapperistrip through said machine, meansfor formingthe wrapper strip into gutter-shaped section near its leadingend, a ,stationary l,curved trough for supporting the length of suchgutter section wrapper strip, means for dropping a sweetmeat at properintervals into the gutter channel of suoli wrapper strip, means forforming said wrapper strip into tubular form, a/ rotative annular cai'rier through and into which said tubular-formed wrapper is drawn, andmeans for inserting said sweetmeat to be wrapped into said tubularwrapper within said annular carrier; of a pair of pivoted gripping jawscarried by said carrier Vwith the gripping ends of Said jaws locatedconcentrically of said-annular carrier and adapted to grip said tubularwrapper and sweetmeat located therein, means for intermit-tentlyrotating said carrier carrying said gripping jaws, springs to maintainsaid pivoted jaws normally closed, means for opening said jaws ofsaidcarrier during the in-. terval between each rotation of same, meansfor gripping said tubular Wrapper and holding same stationary at bothends of said rotative carrier during the rotation of the latter toeii'ect the twisting' of the parts of said wrapper at each end of saidsweetmeat, and means for dividing the wrapper of the forward wrappedsweetmeat from the wrapperl of the neit sweetineat simultaneously withthe gripping of said tubular wrapper at opposite ends of said rotativecarrier.

.6. In a machine ofthe type specified f or4 inclosing sweetmeats orother articles in wrappers; the combination with withdrawal fingers atthe delivery end of machine, and means for operating same tointermittently pull'vthe wrapper strip through said machine, a rststationary vertical plate fixed on the framework of the machine andhaving an aperture of J shape through which aperture the wrapper rstpasses to bring the latter into trough shape, a stationary curved7trough carried by the framework and located beneath the trough-shapedwrapper' to lsupport thesame, means for dropping a sweetmeat to bewrapped at proper intervals linto the-gutter channel of such wrapperstrip above said stationary curved trough, a second stationary-verticalplate carried by the 'framework and having 4a circular aperture throughwhich the trough-shaped wrapper passes to thereby convert it intotubular form, arotative annular carrier through andy into which saidtubular-formed wrapper 1 is drawn, and means `for inserting saidsweetineat to be Wrapped into said tubular wrapper Awithin said-annularcarrier; of a pair of pivoted gripping jaws carried by said carrier withthe grippingv ends of said jaws located concentrically of said annularcarrier and adapted to grip said tubular wrapper and sweetmeat locatedtherein, means for intermittentlyi'otating said carrier carrying saidgripping jaws, springs to maintain said pivoted jaws normally closed,means 'for opening said ja'ws of said carrier during the in-.

7. In a machine of the type specified for inclosing sweetnieats or otherarticles in wrappers; the combination of a rocking arm at the deliveryend of the machine, means for rocking said arm, an upper and i a lowerfinger pivoted at the upper end of said arm, toothed gear connecting thepivot ot' one finger to the pivot of the other finger to cause thefingers to move in opposite directions when one of said pivots isrocked, a. second arm fixed to the pivot of the upper linger to rocksaid pivot to open and close said fingers, and means for operating thesecond arm to cause the fingers to close on the end of the wrapper todraw saine from the machine when the rst arm is rocked and to releasesaid wrapper at the proper time, means for forming the wrapper stripinto gutter section and finally into tubular forni, a rotative annularcarrier through which said tubular-formed wrapper is drawn by saidfingers, and means for inserting said sweetnieat to be wrapped into saidtubular wrapper within Said annular carrier; of a pair of pivotedgripping jaws ca rrled by said carrier wit-li the gripping ndsthereoflocated concentrically of said c rrier, means for intermittentlyrotating said carrier, springs to maintain said-.pivoted jaws normallyclosed, means for opening said jawswhen said carrier is stationary,means forl gripping said tubular wrapper and holding same stationary atboth ends of said rotative carrier, and means for dividing the wrapper,of the forward wrapped sweetineat from the wrapper of thenextisweetmeat simultaneously with the gripping of said tubular wrappeatI oppotubular form, a rotative annular carrier tliijqugh and intowhich said tubular-formed wrapper is drawn, and means for inserting saidsweetmeat to be wrapped intol said vtubular wrapper within said annularcarnier; of a pair ot pivoted gripping jaws carried by said carrier withthe gripping ends ot' said jaws located concentrically of said annularcarrier and adapted to grip said tubular wrapper and sweetmeat locatedtherein,nieaiis for intermittently rotating said carrier carryingsaidgripping jaws, springs to maintain said pivoted jaws normally closed,means for opening said jaws of said carrier during the interval betweeneach rotation of same, a pair of pivoted gripping: levers located at thereceiving end o1 said rotative carrier and carried fromA the -trameworkof the machine, and asimilar pair" ot' gripping levers located at t-h'edelifveryeiidof said rotative carrier, springs to hold\the gripping endsof said levers normally closed togrip the tubular wrapper during therotation of the rotative carrier, and a lpivoted pair of scissor bladescarried by the framework of the machine and located between said pivotedgrippinglevers at the delivery end ot' the machine and said drawing-outlingers, means for closing said scissor blades to divide the wrappedarticle from the article being wrapped simultaneously with the closureof the two pairs of said gripping levers, and means for simul-'

